Overview:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will help shape the vision and architecture of Weedmaps’s next generation backend infrastructure, making it easy for developers to build products and features. You will influence the technical direction as we build the world’s best cannabis enterprise marketplace and a robust portfolio of enterprise products to help enable our clients and the cannabis industry as a whole to flourish. The explosive growth of the cannabis industry as well as the almost completely differentiated legal requirements in each legal jurisdiction require that our software solve for increasingly complex problems.

Our products range from wholesale marketplace to delivery fleet management and reporting. Additionally, as we expand our platform to provide end-to-end SaaS solutions for the cannabis supply chain, it will be increasingly necessary to unify the framework and architecture on which the platform operates so that each product works seamlessly with one another. You'll be responsible for ensuring that we are building a scalable, reliable, secure and highly performant technology stack using best practices for delivering our products to market. You will ensure our architecture is flexible to allow for our growth into new and existing business lines.

This is a strategic technical role that requires strong partnership with other functions across the company. You'll partner with other senior engineers and leaders across the company to translate technology capabilities into strategic business decisions. You'll drive accountability and metrics ownership to translate strategy into results. And you'll align and inspire your organization by effectively communicating the strategy and driving the team to build a world class marketplace in the cannabis space.

The impact you'll make: Provide technical direction for the overarching Weedmap’s technology stack leveraging Service Oriented Architecture patterns using server side Javascript such as Node.js or similar runtime environment

Develop architectures that are secure, scalable, robust, modular, API-centric, and follow the principle of least astonishment

Build long term technical strategies that align with Weedmap’s business plan and influence the overall technical direction

Support the application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support). Follow established development, documentation, testing and deployment processes.

Partner closely with engineers and leaders across different disciplines and teams to gather information, listen to multiple viewpoints and come up with solutions to drive the technical direction forward.

Act as an ambassador for the organization at technology conferences and events

Communicate technical roadblocks and solutions with executive leadership

Mentor, educate and coach engineers across the technology organization

Act as a team player for building a culture of flawless execution What you've accomplished: 12-15+ years of software development experience with 3+ years of SaaS architectural experience in high-growth engineering organizations

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree / work experience, including code camps or self-taught programmers

Experience in writing quality production­ code in server side Javascript, such as Node.js

Experience with frameworks that provide structure for Node.js such as Express.js, NestJS, and Adonis.js

Experience with exceptional architecture and clean coding practices

Effective and persuasive communication skills at all levels of management and engineers, both written and verbal

Able to collaborate on long-term architectural vision, and articulate and evangelize that vision in and out of the company

Experience working in an e-commerce space building applications and technology to engage consumers and foster growth

Exposure to integrations and design, cloud based technologies, and latest mobile architectures

Experience working collaboratively at a high level with other teams within an organization

Breadth of knowledge and passion spanning front-end and back-end technologies. The base pay range for this position is $215,197.00 - $240,000.00 per year

2025 Benefits for Full Time, Regular Employees: Physical Health benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision: Employee - employer paid premium 100%

Company contribution to a HSA when electing the High Deductible Health Plan

For plans that offer coverage to your dependents, you pay a small contribution Mental Health benefits: Free access to CALM app for employees and dependents

Employee Training

Mental Health seminars and Q&A sessions Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000

401(k) Retirement Plan (with employer match contribution)

Generous PTO, Paid Sick Leave, and Company Holidays

Supplemental, voluntary benefits Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings - including a company contribution

FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)

Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Accident Insurance

Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Family planning/fertility

Identity theft protection

Legal access to a network of attorneys Paid parental leave Why Work at Weedmaps? You get to work at the leading technology company in the cannabis industry

You get to play a meaningful role in helping to advance cannabis causes, including helping improve the lives of patients who rely on the benefits of cannabis

You get an opportunity to shape the future of the cannabis industry

You get to work on challenging issues in a collaborative environment that encourages you to do your best

You get to work in a casual and fun environment; no fancy clothes required, but you are free to dress to the nines!

Generous PTO and company holidays

Numerous opportunities and tools to learn and grow your professional skills

Endless opportunities to network and connect with other Weedmappers through speaker series, Employee Resource Groups, happy hours, team celebrations, game nights, and much more! Weedmaps is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion and religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

Applicants are entitled to reasonable accommodations under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state/local laws, unless the accommodation presents undue hardship. Please email us at peopleoperations at weedmaps.com if you would like to confidentially discuss a potential accommodation during the interview process.